New Naktalk list server running on a new virtual server (located in Dallas TX) sends the first email.

May 20 2014

Naks.com web/mail server crash. This Dell Poweredge 4300 ran the list and site for 11+ years! Website(s) moved to a new virtual server.

September 24 2010

Disabled legacy product pages, turned dymanic pages into html.

April 13 2009

Changed the pages for the products completely.

September 24 2007

Today the site exists 10 years! Thanks to everyone that contributed and supported to it!

January 22 2007

Removed all 'third party' models. In forums and on ebay people claim naks.com lists these decks as 'made by Nakamichi' which they weren't, they simply shared the (Sankyo) transport.

June 28 2006

It's not finished but well on it's way... www.vintagecassette.com Lists Vintage Cassette Decks of all brands and their features. Nakamichi products are listed here as well: HERE. This site is not finished, if you can provide addidional information on a product then follow the link next to that product.

March 23 2006

Listing ESLabs Idler tire kits for specific models.

October 22 2005

Added some removed specs again. Made some changes to MR series and updated TD-400 and added TD-300, thanks to Scott for pointing me to this .

September 4 2005

Updated the amount of segments on all BX/RX/MR and some CR decks, thanks to Scott for pointing me to this .

February 13 2005

The Naks.com server is now running on a Dell PowerEdge 4300/800. This is the first step towards the all new Naks.com MkII website .

Deck specifications removed until further notice due to people using the specs in auctions without adding (the requested) link to this site. I'm currently investigating how to make the specs harder to copy.

August 16 2000

Added the experimental wap http://mmm.naks.com site.

April 11 2000

Site is up again after a server crash in march.

December 31 1999

Happy Y2K everyone!

December 17 1999

Changed some HTML.

November 18 1999

Site is fully running on Naks.com domain and server.

November 16 1999

New links on links page.

July 14 1999

Geocities no longer supported, visitors are being redirected.

June 14 1999

Naks.com domain finally works....

May 31 1999

Changed the layout of the Naks overview page to fit more production years.

May 26 1999

Added a lot more OEM models, no images yet...

May 4 1999

Naks.com domain registered.

April 21 1999

Added prices for DR8/10, thanks to Paul Lucas.

March 23 1999

Reinstalled the search option to the site. Also updated the specs for the 500/550.

March 9 1999

Added a netstat link to the site.

March 8 1999

Updated the Nakamichi logo.

March 5 1999

Added more security to all database scripts, also fixed some bugs.

March 4 1999

Added images for the TD1200 and TD1200SE, thanks again to Hideo Goto!

March 3 1999

Received a copy of the TD500/700 brochure from Mike Swank, Thanks!

February 22 1999

Changed the scripts for the guestbook.

February 11 1999

Messages section for questions, Naks for sale and other stuff.

February 8 1999

Added some modelid numbers to the database.

January 26 1999

The database access perl scripts and the guestbook are now running on my own NT Server at Twinspark.

January 25 1999

Finished migrating most perl scripts to NT.

January 22 1999

The New Naks, DR-8 and DR-10, are here! Thank you Bob for sending the flyers to naktalk. More of Goto's OEM images added.

January 19 1999

CAD4 image added, thanks Goto!

January 18 1999

New model ID's added to the database.

January 16 1999

A few new model id's and new guestbook entries.

January 3 1999

Happy 1999 everyone! Added new guestbook entries.

December 31 1998

Added the BX page, this one was mysteriously missing from the site....

December 23 1998

I can no longer use the current server for running the database access scripts, guestbook and the naktalk mailing list. So the site is stripped of some features until I find another ISP where I can run these cgi scripts for free. The guestbook and the mailing list will continue in a different way also temporarily I hope!

December 22 1998

Added OEM series. OEM are products manufactured by Nakamichi for other companies, thanks to Hideo Goto for the list! Some products from the Third Party section have moved to OEM. Third Party are now products from manufacturers that have key parts that are also used in Nakamichi cassette decks, usually the transport mechanism.

December 12 1998

Sonab C-500 image added, thanks to Winston Chia!

December 10 1998

New prices and production years added for most of the third party products, taken from the Orion audio blue book. Debugged some scripts.

December 6 1998

Added Sonab and Ferguson Nakamichi 500 clones, thanks Jari Råback!

December 5 1998

Updated the pricepage, also started adding ebay prices. Added MX-100 and PS-100 products.

November 27 1998

Finally the ZX-5 image has arrived!! Thanks (again!) to Hideo Goto.

November 26 1998

New images from Hideo Goto for the 600b, 600II, 1000II and 1000ZXL-LTD, thanks!

November 24 1998

Some modifications in the Third party section. Changed the CR5/CR7/DR series meters from 'led' to 'fl', thanks Tom!

November 23 1998

Added 'Pressure pad lifter' to the database.

November 22 1998

More Onkyo and Kyocera images and specs by Tom and Eric Bergman. The TA-2055,TA-2066,TA-R77,TA-2070,TA-2060,TA-2090,D-601 and the D-611. Also made some modifications to scripts.

November 21 1998

Added more CR5/7 details. Thanks to Christiaan Punter for not throwing away the flyer!

November 17 1998

Third party Onkyo and Kyocera images and information supplied by Tom and Eric Bergman, THANKS!

November 5 1998

I had to add them at some point, the mobile decks! Here are some of the classic ones to start with, the TD series.

October ?? 1998

Did some reorganization to the database. Moved the Noise reduction units to the NR series and renamed the Remote series to RM.

October 29 1998

Added the repair/service links. Modified some server scripts.

October 27 1998

Statistics printing is now more accurate.

October 21 1998

Onkyo third party models added, a tip by Tom Bergman!

October 20 1998

Added the Kyocera third party models.

October 8 1998

Did some debugging on server scripts...

September 24 1998

TODAY IS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE PAGE!!!!. Thanks everybody who contributed in any way for the past year and all those who visited!!! Keep those Naks alive!!

September 21 1998

Added the Harman Kardon decks to the third party page, they still have to confirmed as being a 'Nak'!!.

September 18 1998

Improved some of the perl scripts.

September 14 1998

Added the third party series and the first deck for this series. Thank you Edward Noyes for sending the Sansui deck!.

September 11 1998

Dolby IC types are now listed on each model if known.

September 4 1998

Replaced the Nakamichi logo with a better one by Rob Sabelis.

August 29 1998

Added an image for the 350 (finally!) and updated the 250 image, both scanned by Richard King, thank you!.

August 28 1998

Printing the years each model was made.

August 26 1998

Speed up the series overview page. It was a bit slow.

August 20 1998

Restyled the series overview page. Now this page gives a good visual overview of the years when each series was made.

August 19 1998

Added a quick hack, "statistics". It shows how often each series is being browsed. And the winner is.. The Dragon!!

Added an image for the 600II (finally!) and updated the 500 image, both scanned by Richard King, thank you!.

July 14 1998

Made some banners to promote the site, available on request.

May 18 1998

Fixed some errors in the Dragon database entries (Thanks Lennard). Changed technical specs layout for each model, also added more specs.

May 14 1998

Modified 250/350/500/600/600II entries in the database, thanks to Alex Crespi for sending the specs!

May 6 1998

Added remote controls to the database, so now they also have their own page.

May 4 1998

Changed the links page.

April 28 1998

Changed some graphics, added 'enter here' button on the entry page.

April 27 1998

Made some changes to the 250/600 entries in the database, thanks to Edward Noyes.

April 24 1998

Updated some of the second hand prices in the database.

April 22 1998

Made changes to some of the (perl) scripts to speed things up.

Mar 23 1998

Changed the links page.

Feb 25 1998

Start of the Nakamichi (naktalk) mailinglist!
Added some items to the listing of each model.

Feb 24 1998

Improved/added images for the
CR series, BX-300 and BX-125. Many thanks to Sven Felsby for borrowing me his flyers so I could scan the
images and use the technical information for the Naks database!

Feb 21 1998

New link on the links page.

Feb 19 1998

Improved/added images for
680,660ZX,670ZX,480 Silver. All of these images (and technical information for the Naks database) came
from the flyers Byron Nygreen borrowed me! Thank you very much for sending this treasure Byron!

Feb 18 1998

Added an image for the
'disc-less' HighComII noise reduction unit.

Feb 16 1998

Made some changes to the database.

Feb 12 1998

Added model 'A' and 'B' of
the HighComII noise reduction unit to the database. Also made changes to the 1000ZXL entries, thanks
to Lennard for lending the flyer of the best Nak ever!

Feb 11 1998

Model overview now sorted
by year and not by model.

Feb 2 1998

Improved images for 700ZXE/700ZXL
and 1000ZXL.

Jan 28 1998

ZX-5 (Japanese BX-300) added to database.
New images for 480Z/481Z/482Z/RX-303 and RX-505.

Jan 26 1998

Fixed some bugs in
some of the perl scripts. Thanks to Josh for sending the BX-300 image.

Jan 25 1998

Added 1000II image, thanks
to Geoff! New (re-scanned) images for 581Z/582Z/681ZX and the 682ZX. Also made changes to the Cassette Deck
and DR entries in the database.

Jan 24 1998

Added/improved
Cassette Deck and DR series images, thank you Christiaan for giving me the documentation!

Jan 22 1998

Made changes to
the 1000ZXL database entry, thanks Lennard!

Jan 11 1998

Added Cassette Deck 1 image, taken
from the Nakamichi Home Audio Owner's Club of Japan website.

Jan 8 1998

Added images for the 481 and 482,
thanks to Lennard Valk for lending me his flyers! Also added images for the NR-100/NR-200/HighComII and
the T-100.

Jan 6 1998

Modified the Naks page perl script.

Jan 5 1998

Added noise reduction units and the T100 to the
database. Modified prices of Naks in the database.

Dec 19 1997

Thank you Joe Giorgianni for sending the missing image of the Nakamichi 580.
The guestbook is now running my own (perl) script! Moving more files from geocities to xs4all.